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ED MILIBAND pledged yesterday that a Labour government would deliver control of £30 billion of funding to local authorities and regions.
The Labour leader endorsed key features of a policy review by Lord Adonis aimed at tackling chronic regional imbalances and boosting business.
Over £30bn of funding would be devolved to existing local authorities, new combined authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships during the five-year term of a Labour government.
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The Morning Star reprints an account of the event to mark Corbyn’s 30th anniversary of being an MP, from Wednesday September 4 2013, by then parliamentary correspondent ROGER BAGLEY
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